When I brought my Nintendo 3DS in 2011 my thoughts were not bad about this console and it's future in the handheld gaming. Then when the PS Vita came out, I noticed they only have 1 year gap development between them but the Vita makes the 3Ds look dated and under performing console. Now this ain't a problem since Nintendo is known for their diversity in games but it was weird that 3DS feels like an updated DS with 3D.
This was true for the first year of the 3DS, yes. Then 3D Land/Mario Kart 7 came out and everything was up from there.
Moving onto Nov 2012 with the Wii U release, I didn't know if Nintendo was joking with not future-proofing their console(We have no current spec sheet). It was a business decision. They could either make a system that's basically a carbon copy of the PS4/Xbone and charge the same amount (or more, given the tablet controller) or they could make a system that was $350 (now $300) and undercut the competition by some amount. The Wii U is doing another thing that's beneficial to consumers that the competition isn't: Backwards compatibility with just about every single thing they bought for the Wii. Games, controllers, system data, etc.
I could not comprehend how they could sell a console with 8 or 32 Gigs and ask for a top tier pricing. Top tier being $50-200 under the competition, right?
The thing that bothered me most about the Wii U is that Mario had an another game on the console while people where dogging on COD for being a yearly game release.
Assuming you're talking about New Super Mario Bros U, those've only gotten one game per console generation (I'm counting NSLU as DLC for NSMBU as that's what it was initially released as). Wii had NSMB Wii, DS had NSMB, 3DS had NSMB2, and Wii U had NSMBU. Whereas Call of Duty has regularly come out once a year, usually in the late fall, and has had nothing different inbetween each entry besides minor gameplay/multiplayer updates and a hap-hazardly slapped together single player mode that nobody plays anyway.
Also the fact that they have started the 8th Gen first in both categories and both the consoles which are good but still feel sub-par. I haven't tried the Xbone or PS4 yet, so I can't really make a statement here.
Now in 2013, the 3DS have beaten my exceptions and I no longer care for graphics because the games are just the best. I do friggin love the 3DS. Been neglecting it though, just got a Vita and been enjoying that greatly. Kinda wish there were more FPS games, though...love that stylus-to-aim control scheme.
Now for the Wii U, I fear that the current management have lost the plot and don't know what to do. I'm sure they have a loose idea. Marketing has picked up, and that Wii U bundle with NSMBU/NSLU for $300 is a great holiday bundle.
I wonder why they have not release game for their old I.Ps, Because F-Zero/Metroid/Star-Fox were never really top-selling games. I'm honestly surprised that Kid Icarus: Uprising sold as well as it did given that the franchise was dead.
why they have not thought for the future or how come they are letting this drought happen right now. Because they don't feel like rushing their games and releasing glitchy piles of crap like most developers do nowadays (See: Arkham Origins, Skyrim, etc)
I think best solution is for the Wii U to be a five-6 year console plan at the moment. I'm fairly certain that's the plan for each console Nintendo's released. N64 was 7 years to the gamecube, GameCube was 6 years to the Wii, etc.
I do wish Nintendo success but I think a new era of management needs to come now. Again, why should they replace management when said management had a key role in creating the best selling home console and best selling handheld gaming system of all time? Just because the Wii U isn't a runaway success doesn't mean Nintendo is doomed. Last I checked, they survived two console generations where their home console didn't even clear 40 million sales (GameCube, N64), and I'm sure they had waaay less in the bank then than they do now.
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